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    Important Gold Boxes and Portrait Miniatures

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    28 November 2006

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    • A LOUIS XVI GOLD SNUFF-BOX SET
    Lot 21

    A LOUIS XVI GOLD SNUFF-BOX SET WITH MINIATURES

    BY PIERRE-FRANÇOIS MATHIS DE BEAULIEU (FL. 1768-1791), MARKED, PARIS, 1780/1781 AND 1781/1782, WITH THE FIRST CHARGE AND DISCHARGE MARKS OF HENRY CLAVEL 1780-1782, THE MINIATURES IN THE MANNER OF LIOUX DE SAVIGNAC

    Price realised

    GBP 19,200

    Estimate

    GBP 8,000 - GBP 12,000

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    A LOUIS XVI GOLD SNUFF-BOX SET WITH MINIATURES
    by Pierre-François Mathis de Beaulieu (fl. 1768-1791), marked, Paris, 1780/1781 and 1781/1782, with the first charge and discharge marks of Henry Clavel 1780-1782, the miniatures in the manner of Lioux de Savignac
    Rectangular box with rounded corners, the cover, four sides and base set with glazed miniatures painted in watercolour and gouache on paper with scenes depicting castles and gardens with figures in the foreground, the gold cagework mounts chased with inner palmette and outer husk border, gold-lined interior
    2¾ in. (70 mm.) wide

    Provenance

    Formerly Jeanne van Volxem Collection.

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    Lot Essay

    Mathis de Beaulieu, the successor of Jean George (see lots 13 and 47), was one of the best makers of gold boxes of the late Louis XV and Louis XVI periods. His work is well represented in the Louvre, the Wallace Collection, the Ashmolean Museum, the Patek Philippe Museum, the Cleveland Museum and in the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

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